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This May 2009 photo provided by the Mace family, taken by Army Spec. Stephan Mace at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, shows the base on low ground, surrounded by craggy outcroppings, that make the location difficult to defend. Mace and seven other soldiers were killed Oct. 3, 2009, when Keating was attacked by several hundred militant fighters. Combat Outpost Keating had been scheduled to be closed months before the Oct. 3 assault. A U.S. military investigation blamed lapses in oversight and a delay in closing the remote outpost for one of the heaviest American combat losses in a single engagement during the Afghan war. (AP Photo/Stephen Mace)
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